Pastry-cutter.



L. G. FRANK. PASTRYVCUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, I915.

1,182,469, Patented May 9, 1916.

PASTRY-CUTTER.

' Specification of LettersPatent.

PatentedMay a, refs.

Applicationfiledirune 7, 1915. Serial No. 32,662.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS G. FRANK, a citizen of the United States, .residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of Californimhave invented newv and useful Improvements in Pastry-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pastry cutters for cutting biscuit, cakes, doughnuts and the like, and it has particular reference to a rotary cutting device by means of which at a single operation a plurality of cakes or biscuts may be cut.

The present invention has for its object to produce a rotary biscuit cutter of simple and improved construction and particularly to simplify and improve the manner of con-- necting a plurality of cutting members with a pair of side members or hub members mounted for rotation on an axial shaft.

A further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction and assemblage of the parts of the device.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

Tn the drawing,Figure 1 is a side view of a pastry cutter constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, showing a plurality of cutting wheels mounted for rotation on a single axial shaft. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the strips from which the cutters are made. Fig. f is a side view of one of thehub members. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view showing parts of two members and a cutting member as sembled therewith.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like. characters of reference.

The improved cutting wheel is composed of two side members or hub members 15 with which a plurality of cutting members 0 are connected. Each hub member consists of a circular disk or plate of sheet metal provided at equidistant points around its circumference with notches, 16 forming hps 17, the outer ends of which are trimmed so as to present triangular points 18. Each cutting member is formed from a strip of sheet metal 19 having a serpentine edge 20 by bendingsaid strip to form a circular ring,.t-he ends. of which are connectedtogether by solder or in some similar convenient manner. The cutting edge will thus present diametrically opposite projecting portions 21,, and intermediate said projecting portions there will be shallow or recessed portions 22. The rings or cutting .members C are assembled with the hub 'which latter, when the device is in operation, will not cut the dough into strips or small bits. A plurality of the circular cutting members will in this manner he assembled with each pair of hub members to produce a wheel which is mounted for rotation on an axial shaft 24, the ends of which are provided with handles which may be in the form of eyes or loops 25.

As seen in Fig. 2, a plurality of cutting wheels may be mounted side by side on a single axial shaft, thus producing a device of any desired capacity for use in restau-- rants, bakeries and other places where large quantities of pastry are required to be made. For household or family use, a single wheel will usually be considered sufficient.

The manner of using the improved pastry cutter will be readily understood.

After folding a sheet of dough to the requisite thickness, the handles at the ends of the axial shaft are grasped by the operator, and the wheel or wheels will then be rolled over the sheet of dough, sufiicient pressure being exerted to cause the cutting members to cut through the dough, and thus producing a number of cakes or biscuits at a single operation of the device.

The device is simple in construction, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

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Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

'1. A pastry cutter comprising a pair of hub 'members consisting of circulardisks provided with circumferentially disposed notches and equidistant lips formed thereby, in combination with circular cutting members engaging the notches .to present the lips adjacent to the inner faces of the cutting members, and means whereby the parts are securely assembled and means whereby the device may be operated.

2. A pastry cutter comprising a pair of hub members consisting of circular disks Copies of this patent may be obtained for ed, said shaft being provided with terminal I handles.

v 3. A pastry cutter comprising an axial shaft having terminal handles and a plurality of cutting wheels supported for rotation on said shaft between the handles, each wheel comprising a pair of circular disklike hub members having circumfercntially disposed tongues, circular cuttingmembers interposed between the hub members in engagement with the tongues and serving to space the hub members apart, and means forsecurely assembling the hub members and thecutting members together. 7 g

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' a o, LOUIS Gr. FRANK.

Witnesses:

R. H. BIGGS, W. S. MUNIER. f

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